OUT OF AFRICA

Karl’s 65th Birthday Adventure

Leaving AlbuquerqueLove those frequent flyer miles!

Rivertrees InnArusha, Tanzania Photo: Rosi Tomaszewski

Best hotel room sign ever!

Leaving ArushaOff to the Eastern Serengeti Nature Refuge

A “kitty” footprint - a very BIG kitty

Eastern Serengeti camp crew

Nyumba - home sweet homeCamping? Not so much . . .

Linda and SandraColorado

Diane and KenAlberta, Canada

Tony and Brenda (with crew memberHussein)Alberta, Canada

Rogathe Levoyo

Early morning bush walk

Lead guide Freddy with wildebeest skull

Surprise!!Breakfast in the bush

Maasai boma visitA boma is a settlement of circular mud and dung homes

Balama (l) and Emmanuel (r)Maasai translators

Corral, Maasai style

Maasai visit at Eastern Serengeti camp

Maasai storyteller

Visit to Sukenya Elementary SchoolThey sang to us and we sang to them. They were MUCH better than we were!

The teacher

The teacher’s son

Freddy’s backseat driver Photo: Rosi Tomaszewski

Visit to Enjipai Women’s Co-Op

Can you hear me now?

Serengeti National Park – 6000 acres

Northern Serengeti camp crew

This was Bun’s favorite nyumba

The Great MigrationGetting ready to leap into the Mara River

Wait for it . . .

And they’re off . . .

Oops…changed our minds!

Maybe because of this big fella . . .

Or this guy . . .

Central Serengeti camp crew

Serengeti sunrise balloon ride

Hippos (many hippos) lazing in the water

Our balloon pilot…really!

Photo: Sandra Knight

Serengeti groundskeepers looking for lunch…

Found it!

Lunch in the bush with guides Freddy and Mohammed - OJ was “checking the tires”

RosiCalifornia

Pride of lions – first there were nine…

And then this guy came along…

Leopard with kill

TonyAlberta, Canada

Leaving the Serengeti for Ngorongoro

Dust devil

Rosi and George (a/k/a Babu)California

Ngorongoro overlook

Photo: Rosi Tomaszewski

Our last sunset in Tanzania – gorgeous!

THANK YOU, THOMSON SAFARIS!